The Supreme Court pointed out to how it hauls up the government in favour of citizens.
The Supreme Court today strongly rebutted accusations that some of its judges are pro-government. "Let them come and sit here in court to see in how many cases we haul up the government in favour of citizens," said Justice DY Chandrachud while hearing a petition against a politician's imprudent statements.
Justice Chandrachud was apparently referring, without taking names, to recent comments by senior lawyer Dushyant Dave. "An ex-president of the Supreme Court Bar Association has gone on record on TV that most of the Supreme Court judges are pro-government," said the judge.
Mr Dave had made the suggestion during a discussion on NDTV on the resignation of Karnataka High Court Judge Jayant Patel - who had ordered a CBI investigation in the 2004 Ishrat Jahan encounter case in Gujarat.
Justice Chandrachud's counter came when he, along with Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and another judge, was hearing a petition against former Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan for his controversial statement in a rape case.
The court also expressed concern over posts on Twitter reporting discussions in court.
"All kinds of comments are made on Twitter on our observations and comments made in court and observations are treated as judgements f this court," said Justice Chandrachud.